Originally Posted by
bulgie
Except under extreme circumstances. I witnessed a Phil hub that failed catastrophically when the freewheel was driven on so hard that it took the right flange with it, driving it towards the center of the hub, which made the wheel collapse.
The freewheel butts up against the right side hub flange, so the freewheel drive torque doesn't flow to the center barrel. This failure would seem to indicate that the drive flange's internal thread stripped out. I can't see how the flange would have just rotated due to the Loctite slipping. Would any hub have held up to that load? The treaded portion of the center barrel is rather thin on these early Phil hubs due to the bearing OD, but if the tread on it failed the wheel would not collapse.